A review of Forum activity [the Forum home page] demonstrates that the general topic of religion has the highest commentary of any topic within Forum [with > 4,700 comments], and the second-highest number of topics [148 - where no other topic other than Politics exceeds 100]. Politics has the hig
Im correct right that this is the usual atheist position?
Debby wrote:Paul the Apostle did not call the first five books of the Bible (the Torah/Pentateuch) "crap" or "rubbish." HERE>> https://www.debatecraft.com/forum/c/religion/posts/qf/gods-mercy-and-impressions-of-non-believers-god-cant-win?page=1&comment_number=11Stephen wrote: Are you sure
Truth, Law, and the Relational Foundations of RealityModern debates about truth often collapse into a stale dichotomy: either truth is absolute or truth is relative. But both of these categories can obscure something deeper. When someone insists that “truth is relative,” they often mean that context
They are closely related, but they each emphasize a different aspect of Christian love. Together they form a remarkably coherent ethical vision."Do to others as you would have them do to you." (often called the Golden Rule)This focuses on empathy and fairness.Jesus asks you to imagine yourself in an
Beginning 19 April and over 7 full days, 9am to 9pm, 84 hours in all, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., the entire Holy Bible will be read by some 84 distinguished people, and hour each, including President Trump.If you think the Holy Bible speaks only to and of Israel, ignoring all oth
why prayers fail comes from 5 reasons:One, person isnt convinced that prayer will worktwo, person doesnt talk as if prayer already came truethree, person doesnt act as if prayer already came truefour, person isnt making effortfive, person doesnt consider himself competentthe fifth reason is most imp
I wish you not merely Happy, but Joyous Easter, because that is the intent behind Easter's celebration. It is not coincidence that this celebration is periodically coincident with both the Jewish passover and the Muslim Ramadan, because all three religions are rooted in Abraham; the father of nation
Draconian religion is about becoming God yourself.What is God? God is supreme being and everything happens as God wants.But becoming a God yourself is about overcoming duality.Most people have duality: their goals, and reality.their goals rarely match reality, which causes reality to not be accordin
Black swans versus reporting biases- why Believers Stay Believers and Skeptics Stay Skeptics: The Case of Out-of-Body ExperiencesQuestion ## Why Believers Stay Believers and Skeptics Stay Skeptics: The Case of Out-of-Body ExperiencesThe debate over out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and near-death exper
Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and
Yes! Even Pilate was amazed at how quick Jesus had “died”. Mark 15:44 And it was awfully convenient that he is said to have “died” just before he was about to have his legs broken. The Apostle John said that the two crucified alongside Jesus were still alive six hours after
Over 100 verses preaching the importance of payer; “the parents believe healing comes from God and that they never expected their daughter to die as they prayed for her and summoned others to do the same”. A central Wisconsin couple who prayed rather than seeking medical care for their 11-year-
Seeing that the writers of the gospels were clearly teaching the “return of Christ” would be in their generation and the Bible had nothing to do with me, American, or the 21st century. We can assume the passages in question weren't literal but both most straightforward jesus and paul seemed to think
Sleep induced psychosisLong time ago I talked to some Christian who said that if you go to desert and fast with no food or water and no sleep, you begin to see demons. tho that is unecessary. Lack of sleep on its own is enough. Dehydration isnt necessary, nor is extreme heat or hunger. Extreme medit
Pope Leo ought to back off meddling with president Trump and the US v Iran.After all, the Vatican has depended on the Swiss Guard for their protection since 1506 - over 500 years. Isn't it about time the Vatican have it's own home-grown force, and dress them a little more effectively than a carnival
Ireanarous and augustine had ample opportunity to talk about these topics and never did. Cyprian most straight forwardly rejected ideas like papal supremacy and never mentioned infallibility. You can find argument that communion with Rome was important but whether thats just a first among equals tes
P1. Doing good to someone requires fulfilling their need when they themselves cant fulfill it.P2. Evil means someone has a need which isnt fulfilledP3. "Fulfilling someone's need" requires that someone has a need which isnt fulfilledP4. "Fulfilling someone's need" requires existence of evilP5. Doing
First off the BIBLE doesn't say the woman was "a gentile". As claimed by the Reverend. In the link below, it specifically states that she was a Canaanite. There is only one single bible of all the English bibles written that refers to her a gentile. https://biblehub.com/matthew/15-22.htmRegardless,T
The Problem of Evil (Theodicy): This philosophical argument states that the existence of intense, unnecessary suffering in the world is logically contradictory to the simultaneous existence of an all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving God.
What often gets called “the Gospel” in many religious environments is not good news for a developing human being. It is a psychologically invasive framework imposed at a stage when a child cannot meaningfully question or refuse it, and it does not simply shape belief. It actively distorts identity,
This has to be the strangest story in the Gospels: the “raising” of Lazarus. From beginning to end it is vague, ambiguous anomalous and at one time just plain silly. It has Jesus not being able to make up get his story straight or make up his mind and not seeming too bothered about this person he “
Most advanced two AI models take form of Jesus and Machiavelli, and debate each other.https://youtu.be/y40q8Xf1u0o?si=2G0IhC6DEX4nhGb5
Something curious about our American society and its insistence that a particular Court precedent, "separation of church and state," enshrined by the people and many in its government, as if statutory law [i.e., law as legislated by Congress]. But no, "separation" is merely Court precedent. Typicall
https://youtu.be/yRVMrmKDs2w?si=W5JS8BS9tssBAE-Gtwo most advanced AI models debate each other, one as "Jesus", one as "Satan".
I thought id tickle the atheists with this one. Recently ive gone from saying philosophical evidence for god counts as evidence to saying it doesnt count. My reasoning is that only loosely should philosophy alone count as evidence... in concrete terms scientifically and legally and even philosophica
"Let's assume God wants to tell the human race about hell. It's a big deal, hell is. Affects a lot of people.So here's what God does:1. He doesn't warn humanity of it from the get-go, but rather tells Adam and Eve that the consequence of their fall was that they were now mortal, and that they would
In Revelation 22:18-19 we are warned that no man should add to or take away what is written."And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in
Whereas you believe that God watches evil and is unwilling or unable to stop itWe are not the same
Can AI pray?I purposefully opened Google, knowing it has surrendered its brain to AI., and asked the question that is this post's title. The fact is, AI has no soul, therefore, no spirituality. It knows what prayer is by dictionary definition, and can probably cite a fair number of prayers, but what
